Peer-to-peer best practices for growing data science teams
Liz Roten
September 19, 2023
We started off with a tiny data science team.
And by tiny I mean 2 people.
Over time, our team grew.
More data scientists + R users
but…
we were all very used to working alone.
Back in the beginning, I wrote an R package for our org
My colleague installed the update.
… while they were writing a time sensitive report
No
Team: a group of individuals working together
You can shape your team by
Everyone has their pet peeves and preferences
(and they aren’t inherently bad!)
all the knowledge that the new person is bringing in is valuable
Which comes first?
The bowl!
There are many ways to solve a problem
Embrace the diversity of opinion and experience
Teams are made up of a bunch of individuals, and its not just the manager’s job to make it work.
I’ve grown immensely from working with my colleagues
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